You made me look it up and question a very long assumption. I thought it was the uncle that was also considered the town music teacher but since he wasn't born until 1862 I don't think they had them that young in the civil war. That means it had to be either my great-grandfather Marshall Preston or John Henderson born 1848 and 1849 respectfully. I know my great grandfather was musical because he taught violin at the University of Georgia.John Henderson was was a school teacher and supposedly famous for his math skills which are usually related to musical ability. Somewhere I have an article he wrote about why capital punishment was non-productive.

Since you like history I have attached an article about the youngest brother who was a music teacher but he would have only have been three when The war started. It has some surprising remarks about the cotton Mills employment practices. They evidently employed very young boys but they also sponsored a band and paid the kids even when they went on music trips.
My great-grandfather was the only one that ever married out of 6 kids. Evidently celibacy was not the reason because the brother Born in 1855 was castrated by an angry husband when he caught his wife with him.My grandmother's 7 siblings a generation later also did not have any children even though several were married.

Here's the article about the mill bands.

@Barnie2years I'm lucky to have relatives on both sides that are into family history and they share it with me.
When I worked for the Air Force I made a side trip when they sent me to Warner robins in Georgia. A cousin and I drove up to North Carolina to see the museum and the family home. Someone directed us to an older woman's house and she told me the story about the Uncle who got castrated. She said he just sat on the porch rocking for the rest of his life.

The cousin that did the research sent me the obituaries of the two sisters that never married. The younger one's obituary said she died of a broken heart because her sister had died 2 weeks before. Obituaries from long ago had much more information in them. My great great-grandmother's obit said she died in 1921 at the age of 93 and because she was such a strong advocate for votes for women she never missed an opportunity to vote after they were given the franchise.

@Lorajay So you come from a strong line of women it sounds like. That explains your feistiness! LOL